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US physician workforce bottleneck framed as medical school capacity

March 31, 2026Francis Deng, MD

Francis Deng argues residency slots exceed US medical graduates, so the binding constraint on physician supply is medical school capacity rather than the Match.

Residency positions in the US far outnumber graduating US medical students.
The bottleneck of the doctor workforce is med schools. Not the Match.
“Residency positions in the US far outnumber graduating US medical students.”
“The bottleneck of the doctor workforce is med schools. Not the Match.”
Francis Deng, MD
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